news-gathering

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Mr. Murdoch has faced scrutiny from lawmakers in the U.K. over his handling of the phone-hacking scandal, which has led to the closure of the News of the World tabloid and three ongoing criminal investigations into the paper's news-gathering tactics.

Revelations that News of the World journalists were illegally intercepting mobile-phone voice-mail messages in pursuit of stories, a practice known as phone hacking, have kicked off a number of criminal investigations and public inquiries into the media's news-gathering tactics in the U.K. In addition to phone hacking, police also are investigating allegations of computer hacking and of journalists bribing police officers for information.

News Corp. said its U.K. newspaper unit ordered surveillance of two lawyers representing victims of a now-closed tabloid's illegal news-gathering tactics, and called the surveillance "deeply inappropriate."

News Corp . said its U.K. newspaper unit ordered surveillance of two lawyers representing victims of a now-closed tabloid's illegal news-gathering tactics, and called the surveillance "deeply inappropriate."

Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so impairing the incentive to create costly news-gathering operations that news services like Reuters and the Associated Press would become the only professional, nongovernmental sources of news and opinion.